• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.261-270
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• 1997

The megalopae of Pugettia quadridens quadridens (De Haan, 1850), P. quadridens intermedia Sakai, 1938, and P. marissinica Takeda and Miyake, 1972 were obtainded in the laboratory. They are described and illustrated in detail. The megalopal morphology of these three Pugettia species in compared with other Epialtinae megalopae. P. marissinica is quite ditterent from P. quadrides intermedia and P. quadridens quadridens. P. quadridens intermedia and P. quadridens. quadridens are very closely resemble to each other.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.44-48
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• 2014

As a result of continuous taxonomic investigations of Korean crabs, Pugettia intermedia Sakai, 1938 is newly reported from Korean waters. Pugettia intermedia had previously been reported in Korean fauna, but the previous reports of P. intermedia were resulted in misidentification of P. quadridens (De Haan, 1839). Pugettia intermedia differs from P. quadridens in having two subequal medial lobes of the first pleopod in male. In P. quadridens, one of the two medial lobes is about half-length of the other. Pugettia intermedia occurs on the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. The descriptions and illustrations of this species are provided herein.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.293-309
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• 1998

A taxonomic study for clarifying the decapod fauna of Gejedo Island, Korea was performed. Seventy nine species in 28 families were identified through the present investigation and of which 9 species of shrimps, 7 species of anomurans, and 39 species of crabs are newly added to the decapod fauna of this area. With the previously known 40 species, a total of 93 decapod species from this island and its adjacent islets are listed, and Pugettia quadridens intermedia Sakai, 1939 is redescribed with illustrations. The zoogeographical aspects of Geojedo Island are also discussed based on the composition of geographical forms of brachyuran decapods.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.nspc3
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• pp.139-146
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• 1992

The primary sequence of the 18S rRNA gene of a crustacean Pugettia quadridens (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Brachyura) was determined by the PCR cloning and Taq sequencing. The 18S rRNA gene of this species in 1837 bases long, and 46 bases shorter than that of another crustacean decapod Oedignathus inermis. The similarity between two species is 90.8% when the insertion and/or deletion sites were excluded. Within the molecule, the most conservative (identical) region locates at the position of 1137-1206 and it is 70 bases long. The most long consecutive nucleotide differences occur at the position between 46-55 and the second most between 399-407. The sequence variation in the primary structure of 18S rRNA gene are not evenly distributed throughout the molecule.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.535-544
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• 1998

Seasonal variation of the crab community in the eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed in Kwangyang Bay was studied based on the monthly collections through a year of 1994. The crab community in the eelgrass bed was composed of 21 species representing 12 families. The community was dominated by Charybdis Japonica, Telmessus acutidens, Hemigrapsus penicillatus, and Pugettia quadridens. Crabs collected in the study area were primarily small-sized species or early juveniles of large crab species. Most individuals had carapace width smaller than 25 mm except C. japonica and T. acutidens which had maximum carapace width over 85 mm. More than 5 species were collected every month except January and February (4 and 3 species, respectively). The peak abundance occurred in August and low abundances in autumn and winter. Species diversity indices showed that more diverse crabs were collected In spring and summer, and lesser ones in autumn and winter. The crabs in the study area can be grouped into three groups on the basis of their occurrence patterns: resident species, seasonal species, and temporary species. More abundant and more diverse crabs were collected during nighttime than daytime.